Do you find it difficult or challenging to play last gen games after playing current gen games?

So I have discovered a new dilemma when tackling the backlog:

My plan is to play and finish games according to release date.  This has been working out BUT because of PSN flash sales and other great deals, I have been finding myself adding more last gen titles to the backlog - pushing the start time for current gen further and further away.  I want to change my strategy up and start including current gen games - play last gen, then current gen, then last gen - you see the pattern. 

NOW after playing The Suffering I found myself being critical - thinking about other titles that have came out after it that have done what they were trying to do but better.

SO, the question is do you find it difficult or challenging to play last gen games after playing current gen games?

Yes. It's not just the graphics that get better over time; the gameplay elements improve as well, sometimes subtly (even comparing the UIs between early PS3 and PS4 games surprises me) Earlier 3D games suffer the most: we dealt with Turok's control scheme in 1996, but these days, any FPS without two analog sticks just feels wrong. Some games, while crude, are still fairly easy to pick up and play, but others are just a mess. I tried playing Twisted Metal 2 a few months ago, but the graphics were so pixelated, the controls so unwieldy that I couldn't do anything that my former 12-year-old self could do with ease. I'm playing Xbox Ninja Gaiden right now, and managing that camera is just a complete friggin' chore.

I imagine if you keep alternating between current and last-gen games, it will be difficult to adjust. If you start from earliest release to latest release, you can at least acclimate yourself to the "nuances" of earlier games. Is the goal to BEAT all of your games, or just play them? The Suffering was a pretty mediocre game when it came out, so thirteen years later I can't imagine it's gotten any better... sometimes a game doesn't feel right because it sucks, plain and simple. If it doesn't feel right, I suggest moving on.

iamsmart said:

I imagine if you keep alternating between current and last-gen games, it will be difficult to adjust. If you start from earliest release to latest release, you can at least acclimate yourself to the "nuances" of earlier games. Is the goal to BEAT all of your games, or just play them? The Suffering was a pretty mediocre game when it came out, so thirteen years later I can't imagine it's gotten any better... sometimes a game doesn't feel right because it sucks, plain and simple. If it doesn't feel right, I suggest moving on.

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The objective is to beat the games however I have no problem putting a game down that just doesn't feel right. Didn't finish The Suffering. I put it down like half way through. Your advice has given me some insight - if a game is old and worth playing it should be able to stand the test of time. This may help to get through my backlog quicker, sifting through some last gen titles that just are not worth my time. Thanks for the advice!

I have a lot of games on older gen systems that i need to beat but honestly i have trouble turning off the ps4 and turning on the ps3 instead.
It's not graphics or quality of games but i just feel the desire to play the newer games instead of the older ones. Unfortunately i keep adding new games to my back log.
For instance i still have to beat GOW Ascension but I'll probably play the remake of 3 instead.
I never beat Skyrim and really want too but I'll probably not touch a Bethesda title till Fallout 4.

grrouchie said:

I have a lot of games on older gen systems that i need to beat but honestly i have trouble turning off the ps4 and turning on the ps3 instead. It's not graphics or quality of games but i just feel the desire to play the newer games instead of the older ones.

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Yup, same here. I have a backlog that extends back into the PS1 era and it keeps getting neglected because I want to play more current games.

I don't have many current gen games yet, which is a large part of why I'm still playing last gen so much, but I don't usually get the urge to play games older than that. It's probably at least partly because no one really talks about those games anymore. Last gen still gets a decent amount of discussion, earlier games don't.

Not necessarily, if a game was good back than it should still be good now. If you're finding it's shortcomings to be so bad that it effects enjoyment it must not of been a good game for its era anyway.

Like those mediocre games that went on sale for $5-7 that people bought because of the price tag but now that they are so old, mediocre has turned into to awful.

It depends on the game. What is hard is when you play the remastered version and then go back to play the original. An example would be TLOU. The single player still looks good but you can see where the PS4 version is better. Where it is easily distinguishable that the PS4 is the better one is the multiplayer. It just looks awful on the PS3.

I haven't really touched my PS2 since I got my PS3 a few years ago.  Same with my Xbox and my 360.  I definitely have enough games to keep me busy until the PS5 and XB2.

I have a hard time playing last gen because of the controller.  Not only do I love the xbox one controller way more then the 360 controller.  But all my 360 controllers are broken in some way in its rather annoying to use them.

I don't think so, mainly because there are a ton of games I still have yet to play on past gen consoles. I think at some point, when last gen starts to get dropped a bit more, I will focus more on current gen. 

Extremely difficult.

It's not that bad. I went to Xbox 360 after PS4 and wasn't bad at all.